Clothes-line support.



M; STASAITIS.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1913.

1,127,693, Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGION, D. C

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MICHAEL STASAIT'IS, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Application filed July 24, 1913.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL STASAITIS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at 184: Ainslie street, Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to swinging clothes-line brackets adapted for attachment to windows and has for its purpose to provide a device of that character which will readily permit of the clothes-line being handled for taking-in or hanging-out the clothes without requiring any dangerous positions to be assumed by the operator; and which is in no manner a hindrance or obstruction to the window.

The further purpose of the invention is to provide a window clothes-line holder which will allow of the line being manipulated either from within or, out-side, of the window; and wherein the line may be adjusted and held in different positions in accordance with weather conditions.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bracket shown in position 'on a window frame. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the bracket detached from the window frame. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of a portion of window frame showing in plan view the bracket swung to its inner position and supporting a clothesline. Fig. 4: is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the bracket swung to its outer position, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing the manner of securing one of the plates to the supporting bar.

Referring to the construction in further detail, the device consists of a bar 1 adapted to be secured to the window frame, and which is provided with two pairs of apertures designed to receive lugs 2 formed on the ends of the pair of plates 3, said lugs being upset against the bar 1 to secure the plates 3 in rigid position thereto. A frame of: triangular design comprising a horizontal bar 4 and an angularly disposed bar 5, is

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Serial No. 780,952.

hingedly mounted on the projecting plates 3 through the medium of suitable pivotal bearings 6. The connected ends of the frame bars a and 5 suitably secured by rivets 7 and secured between them is an angularly disposed or projecting member 8, which carries a hook 9 adapted to be attached to the pulley 10 of the clothes-line A as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and a.

A vertically disposed rod or bar 11 is hingedly mounted at 12 to the uppermost plate 3, and has journaled thereon a roller bearing or spool 13 adapted to be engaged with the clothes-line A and hold the same taut for a purpose to be presently explained. Said rod 11 is adapted to be swung on its pivot 12 for engagement or disengagement with the clothes-line, as in the manner indi cated by dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawing. A hook comprising a notched plate 14 is mounted on the lower plate 3 through the medium of the rivet 6 and is adapted to engage with the free end of the rod 11 and hold the roller 13 in secured position.

In operation the device is normally used in its swung-out position as indicated in Fig. 1, and at which time the clothes-line is slack. When it is desired to take up slack on the line, the swinging frame is swung inwardly as illustrated in Fig. 3, and in which position said frame is temporarily held by a retaining hook 15 secured to the window frame. The free end of the rod 11 is then disengaged from the hook 14. to adjust the roller or spool 13 to engage with the clothes line A when said roller is then secured through the medium of the hook 14:. The retaining hook 15 is then released and the frame swung outwardly when the parts assume the position illustrated in Fig. 4. By the operation of taking in the slack of the line as just described, it will be seen that the difiiculty of a weak attendant lifting the line filled with clothes to take in the slack, will be eliminated, it being necessary only to disengage the rod from its hook, swing the spool out over the line and again engage the rod and hook without the attendant touching the line at all.

It will be further seen from the foregoing that by the use of a simple and cheap device constructed in accordance with my invention that the usual and dangerous manner of an operator hanging out of a window to attach or remove clothes from a clothes line, will be eliminated; that by swinging the bracket to its innermost position the clothes may be conveniently attached or removed from the line while the operator is within the room and that the clothesline may be used in a taut or slack condition without the usual tying or untying of the line as is now the case. The roller 13 is provided at its respective ends with flanges whereby to prevent displacement of the line engaging therewith.

It is not to be understood that I limit myself to the details of construction and arrangements of parts herein described and illustrated, as it is manifest that variations and modifications may be made in the features of construction and arrangements in adaptation of the device to various conditions of use without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improve ments. 1 therefore, reserve the right to all such variations and modifications as properly fall within the scope of my invention and the terms of the following claim.

What is claimed as'new is:

A device of the character described comprising a bar fixedly attached to a window frame, plates secured to the respective ends of said bar and projecting from the face thereof, a triangularly shaped frame pivotally mounted for horizontal movement upon the free ends of said plates, a rod carrying a roller pivotally mounted upon the upper plate and adapted to be adjusted over the line and to engage one side thereof, said roller having flanges at its respective ends whereby to hold the line thereon against displacement, a hook carried by the lower plate to engage the roller carrying rod to hold the same normally against swinging movement and an angularly disposed member carrying a line engaging hook secured to the outer end portion of the triangularly shaped frame.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL STASAITIS.

Witnesses MILAR W. ROPER, Gno. A. BYRNE.

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Washington, D. 0. 

